Motion pictures classified by National Legion of Decency (1959)

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Title and Distributor Rating Year of Review Magic Face (Columbia) B 1950-51 Objection: Excessive brutality; suggestive sequence. Magic Fire (Rep.) A-II 1955-56 Observation: The marital status of the principal male character must be judged in the light of the quasi-documentary nature of this film. Magic Garden (Mayer-Kingsley) A-I 1951-52 Magic in Music (formerly Hard Boiled Canary) (Paramount) A-II 1940-41 Magic Town RKO) A-II 1946-47 Magnet, The (British) (Universal-International) A-I 1950-51 Magnetic Monster, The (United Artists) A-I 1952-53 Magnificent Ambersons, The (RKO) A-II 1941-42 Magnificent Brute, The (Universal) A-II 1936-37 Magnificent Doll (Universal) A-II 1946-47 Magnificent Dope, The (20th Century-Fox) A-I 1941-42 Magnificent Fraud, The (Paramount) A-II 1938-39 Magnificent Matador (20th Century-Fox) B 1954-55 Objection: Suggestive situation tends to misrepresent religious practices. Magnificent Obsession (Universal) A-II 1936-37 Magnificent Obsession (Universal-International) A-II 1953-54 Magnificent Rogue (Republic) B 1946-47 Objection: Light treatment of marriage. Magnificent Roughnecks (AA) A-I 1955-56 Magnificent Seven (Jap.) (Col.) B 1956-57 Objection: Suggestive sequences. Magnificent Yankee, The (MGM) A-I 1950-51 Maid in Paris (Fr.) (Continental) C 1956-57 Objection: The subject matter of this picture both in theme and treatment seriously offends Christian and traditional standards of morality and decency by reason of a sympathetic presentation of immoral actions and grossly suggestive dialogue and situations. Maid of Salem (Paramount) A-II 1936-37 Maid's Night Out (RKO) A-I 1937-38 Mail Train (20th Century-Fox) A-II 1940-41 Main Event, The (Columbia) A-I 1937-38 Main Street After Dark MGM) A-II 1944-45 Main Street Kid (Republic) A-II 1947-48 Main Street Lawyer (Republic) A-I 1939-40 Main Street to Broadway (MGM) A-II 1952-53 Maisie (MGM) B 1938-39 Maisie Gets Her Man (MGM) A-II 1941-42 Maisie Goes to Reno (MGM) A-II 1943-44 Maisie Was a Lady (MGM) A-II 1940-41 Major and the Minor, The (Paramount) A-II 1941-42 Major Barbara (Gabriel Pascal-United Artists) B 1940-41 Objection: The G. B. Shaw attitudes of irreverence and cynicism toward religious matters and marriage, together with ideological confusions and subtleties render this film capable of conveying false and dangerous connotations. Make a Wish (RKO) A-I 1936-37 Make Believe Ballroom (Columbia) A-I 1948-49 141